Eurydice (disambiguation)
Eurydice is the wife of the musician Orpheus
Eurydice may also refer to:
Greek Mythology
- Eurydice of Thebes, wife of Creon and mother of Haemon, Menoeceus and Megara
- Eurydice of Argos, wife of King Acrisius and mother of Danae
- Eurydice of Mycenae, daughter of Pelops, wife of Electryon, and mother of Alcmena
- Eurydice of Pylos, daughter of Clymenus, wife of Nestor
- Eurydice of Troy, daughter of Adrastus, wife of Ilus, and mother of King Laomedon
- Eurydice of Nemea, wife of King Lycurgus of Nemea and mother of Opheltes
- Eurydice, wife of Neleus, mother of Thrasymedes
- Eurydice, daughter of Amphiaraus and Eriphyle
- Eurydice, wife of Aeneas, mother of Ascanius and Etias
- Eurydice, a Nereid
- Eurydice, one of the Danaids, daughter of Danaus and Polyxo. She married (and murdered) Dryas, son of Aegyptus and Caliadne.
Historical women
- Eurydice, mother of Alexander I, ruler of Macedon from 498 BC to 454 BC and wife of Amyntas I of Macedon
- Eurydice I of Macedon, mother of the king of Macedonia, Philip II
- Eurydice II of Macedon (died 317 BC), wife of the nominal king of Macedonia, Philip Arrhidaeus
- Eurydice of Egypt, wife of Ptolemy I Soter, king of Egypt
- Cleopatra Eurydice of Macedon, wife of Philip II of Macedon
- Eurydice, daughter of Lysimachus from his first wife Nicaea and wife of Antipater II of Macedon
- Eurydice of Athens, one of the wives of Demetrius I Poliorcetes
The Arts
- Eurydice (Anouilh play), a 1941 play written by Jean Anouilh
- Eurydice (Ruhl play), a play written by Sarah Ruhl
- Any of the operas based on the legend of Orpheus and Eurydice, including works by Jacopo Peri and Giulio Caccini with the title "Euridice"
- Eurydice, a modern poem by Carol Ann Duffy, featured in The World's Wife
- Eurydice, a poem by Sue Hubbard, which was formerly painted on a wall in an underpass between Waterloo station and the London IMAX Cinema
- Eurydice, a poem by Harryette Mullen in her book Sleeping with the Dictionary
- Eurydice, a painting by Ludwig Löfftz
- "Eurydice", a song by The Crüxshadows
Other uses
See also